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ill-chosen

ADJECTIVE

unfortunate

Synonyms

WEAK

adverse afflicted awkward broken burdened calamitous cursed damaging deplorable desperate destitute disastrous doomed forsaken hapless hopeless ill-fated ill-starred in a bad way inappropriate inept infelicitous inopportune jinxed lamentable luckless out of luck pained poor regrettable ruined ruinous shattered star-crossed stricken troubled unbecoming unfavorable unhappy unpropitious unprosperous unsuccessful unsuitable untoward wretched

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The governing body added that Attwell was the clear "victim" of Forest's "ill-chosen and irresponsible" post.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

The art museum was without a director, following the sudden resignation of an ill-chosen curator for the difficult post after less than a year on the job.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021

But glumness isn’t obligatory, and in a world filled with new media that perpetually deluge us with ill-chosen words, the grace of well-executed verbal economy can be very welcome, indeed.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2021

That memorably ill-chosen metaphor would become a grim punch line for the growing antiwar movement of the era.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2020

Estermont thinks the flaming heart ill-chosen and begs to fight beneath the crowned stag as of old.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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